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Science- Crusty Core Project

Published on Nov 30, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CRUSTY CORE

OUR LAYERS OF THE EARTH AND WHY

CRUST FACTS

  • The crust is 62 miles thick in some parts.
  • It is as thin as 3.2 miles thick in other parts.
  • We live on it!
  • It is made of soil, minerals, dead plants and animals, and other elements.
  • It is on the outside.

MORE FACTS ABOUT THE CRUST

  • It is a solid.

REASONS FOR OUR CRUST

  • Soil- Because that is what we live and walk on most of the time.
  • Sand- Because that is what out lines most water sources.
  • Modeling clay - The modeling clay represents other minerals inside the crust.

MANTLE FACTS

  • It is 2900 km (1,801.976 miles) thick.
  • It's the largest layer of earth.
  • The upper layer of the mantle is part of the lithospere.
  • It is made up of molten rock called lava.
  • It is soild on the upper part and liquid on the bottom.

REASONS FOR OUR MANTLE

  • Spraypainted red newspaper- beacuase the molten lava in the...
  • ...mantle is red. So we thought we need sonething red. Cale's....
  • ...mom had newspaper and spraypaint so he suggested it.

FACTS ABOUT THE OUTER CORE

  • It is a liquid
  • It has a temprature of about 7,200 to 9,000 °F.
  • It is made up of iron and nickel.

REASONS FOR OUR OUTER CORE

  • Tin foil- the inner and outer core are both made of metals so we...
  • ...needed something metal. So we thought of tin foil.

FACTS ABOUT THE INNER CORE

  • It is a solid.
  • It is also made up of iron and nickel.
  • It's temperature of once again about 7,200 to 9,000.

REASONS FOR OUR INNER CORE

  • Marble- we new we needed something circular to start it all off. So..
  • ...we also knew we needed something that could represent iron and....
  • ...nickle. So we thought of a marble.

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